MEDIA ADVISORY
Tomorrow’s virtual press conference on COVID-19 is scheduled for 17:30 CET.
Subject: COVID-19 updates and International Migrants Day
Date and Time: Friday, 18 December at 17:30 CET (Geneva time) and we will update if necessary
On International Migrants Day a new WHO study will be presented.
More than 30,000 refugees and migrants from different regions around the world participated in the first-ever survey to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their mental and physical health as well as their ability to work and support themselves.
Special guest:
Mr Antonio Vitorino, Director General, The International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Join the press conference:
https://who-e.zoom.us/j/99447449989
Password: : xWHOxxOMSx
Join by phone:
Webinar ID: 994 4744 9989
Numeric Passcode for phone: 3727166571
International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/akA0zLTHU
NOTES FOR THE VPC
Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet). Kindly note, only questions from media (one per journalist) are allowed. When you sign in you will be automatically put in the meeting room.
WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour causes any disruption. The event is also broadcast on WHO social media channels and you can follow it there.
To ask a question, please click "raise hand" and this will enter you into the queue for questions. (It can be found under the tab: participants.)
Please make sure you have a microphone connected or active on your computer. Do not ask questions via the chat as we cannot guarantee that we will incorporate them into the q&a session.
For translation during the VPC, choices are under "interpretation" or "language interpretation" depending on which version of Zoom you use.
Note that due to the volume of questions, we are no longer able to take them from phone callers and interpretation is not available via telephone.
